The New Yorker, December 19th & 26th 2011: Part 1 (Peter Hessler, David Remnick, Abby Aguirre)

"Alt-Newt", by Hendrik Hertzberg; "Accounts Payable", by Abby Aguirre; "Being Sir Larry", by Rebecca Mead; "The Mosque on the Square", by Peter Hessler; "The Civil Archipelago", by David Remnick; and "Theatre on Film", by Anthony Lane.